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From: John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com>
Date: Tue Oct 23 08:11:32 2001

At 05:39 PM 10/22/01 -0500, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote:
>I also agree. I acquired my PDP-11/20 that way. I found a note about its
>free-to-a-good-home availability in the archives (from over a year back I
>believe), and contacted the sender. It turned out that he had not
>received any serious responses (!!!).

It's a useful trick - along with waiting two or three weeks
to see if the first responder fell through. Or better yet,
send your first message that says "Keep me in mind if everyone
else falls through."

- John
Received on Tue Oct 23 2001 - 08:11:32 BST